Paytm Announces Toll Free Number for Transactions Without Internet

Paytm launched a new toll-free number (1800 1800 1234) that lets feature phone and non-internet users access their account and pay easily. You will still need a smartphone (or access to a PC) in order to create your Paytm account, and link it to your phone number - and of course to load funds into the wallet. However, to make payments on a day to day basis, you won't require a smartphone or an Internet connection. All you require is working phone - even if it is a feature phone.

In order to use this service, all you need to do is - Paytm has launched a toll-free phone number - 1800 1800 1234 - you will have to call it from your registered mobile number in order to set your PIN. You'll hear a voice message letting you know that you'll get a call back to set the PIN.

Now as you have set the PIN, to send the money you need to call 1800 1800 1234 and enter recipient’s mobile number and the amount and confirm Paytm PIN and pay.

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Here Are Some Startups Helping Out With Chennai Floods

A handful of startups and companies from around the country are stepping in to provide relief efforts in whatever way they can. 

Paytm is offering Rs. 30 worth of free talk-time to anyone who would like to remain connected. Users who want to avail of this facility can dial Paytm's hotline (18001030033).

Practo has a spreadsheet with phone numbers of verified doctors and hospitals available for help in an online spreadsheet.

Zomato has launched a scheme where they will provide meals for flood relief victims, and is offering to buy one meal from their end for every one purchased on the website. Meals can be purchased for two, four, or a hundred people, at Rs. 100, 200, and Rs. 5,000 respectively. Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal tweeted that over 25,000 meals were ordered by users, making for a total of 50,000 meals served, once the company adds in its share. 

Zoomcar is providing free pick up and drop facilities to the nearest hospital, requests can be tweeted to them, and accessed on its hotline at 044-42052772.

Several Chennai residents have opened up their homes to the stranded, and there's an online spreadsheet cataloguing places available for shelter, food offerings, rescue needed, helplines, and doctor numbers, as well as volunteer details.

Ola has created safety zones equipped with relief supplies and first aid. This service is open to everyone, free of cost, with address details and contact numbers provided on its blog. A fortnight ago, it launched OlaBoats, employing professional rowers and fishermen to offer assistance in Chennai's waterlogged areas. 

Delhi-based Urbanclap, a marketplace for local service providers had reportedly offered free pest control services in rain-affected areas last month.

Airtel, while not exactly a startup, is providing free credit of 50MB mobile data for Airtel prepaid mobile customers with a validity of two days. 

Vodafone is offering pre-approved chota-credit of Rs. 10 to all pre-paid customers, and a credit of ten minutes for Vodafone to Vodafone calls, and 100MB of mobile data to all customers with data-enabled handsets.

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Full Talk Time Recharge Offer by Paytm for Friendship Day

To Celebrate Friendship Day, Paytm has launched Friendship Day offer that gives you full talk time as cash back on any recharge between Rs 100 and Rs 250. This offer will last for a week starting today. You just need to enter the promo code as FULLVALUE during recharge. "The promotional offer from Paytm will ensure that the customer receives the full talk time and the cash will be credited in the user's Paytm wallet within 24 hours once the recharge is done", said the company.

Here are the details of the offer :

• Valid for recharges of value between Rs. 100 and Rs. 250 only.
• Promocode can be used 3 times per user/number/device.
• Promocode not valid on postpaid, data plans, roaming plans, special recharges.
• Code is valid through all payment modes.
• Paytm will be giving 15% cashback of recharge amount – this covers service tax.
• Cashback will be credited within 24 hours of the transaction into user’s Paytm Wallet.
• Valid for all users.
• Valid on app and web.

Regarding the new promotional offer, Shankar Nath, Senior Vice President, Paytm, said, "As Friendship Day is around the corner, we wish to make this occasion an exciting one for all our customers by gifting them full value of the recharge they do, for an entire week. We believe that our users will find this promo very useful and innovative. This exciting offer is available across all circles in the country."